PS4 Update 6.02 May Fix the Malicious PSN Messages Issue

Sony has just released PS4 system update 6.02, and it may prevent those malicious PSN messages from crashing your system. Reported last weekend, some players began receiving odd messages that would crash their PS4s and cause an error loop on trying to restart the console. These players reported receiving them from dummy PSN accounts during or after competitive multiplayer online games. Shortly after sites like ours began picking up the news, Sony commented that they were aware of the malicious PSN message glitch and were working on a fix.

Officially, PS4 update 6.02 just says “This system software update improves system performance.” Coming so quickly on the heels of a very severe issue however, has led users to assume that this mandatory download patches up any holes that caused the PSN message glitch to work the way it did. The AskPlayStationUK Twitter account did reply to one user indicating that they had fixed the issue, as well as how to easily fix the problem if it does come up.

We’ve since fixed the issue, and it wasn’t bricking consoles, just sending them into a crash loop that can be quickly fixed in under 5 minutes. Delete the message on the PS mobile app, go into Safe Mode, use Option 5, console back to normal. ^DB

— Ask PlayStation UK (@AskPS_UK) October 15, 2018

For players who have their system set to automatically download updates, chances are you’ve already got your system update to 6.02. If not, you’ll have to either manually check for updates on your PS4 or download the update from Sony’s website and manually install it on your system. If you want to set your messages back to all users, it’s likely that it is safe to do so, however there’s no harm in leaving your account a little secure by limiting messages to friends only.

Did you get hit with any malicious PSN messages?

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Will You Make a PlayStation Classic Preorder?

With the PlayStation Classic now announced, will you be purchasing the mini console?
Chandler Wood

As much as I would love it for the sake of sheer nostalgia (I've been a PlayStation fan since the beginning), I don't even have the time to play the games I currently have on my PS4, let alone the classics. I also fear that they haven't aged all that well. We'll see how I feel as it gets closer, but I'm leaning towards a no on this one, to be honest.
Zarmena Khan

It's a cool thing to own but I barely have enough time for the games I do have, let alone any time to go back and play all those classics, many of which I've already played. The last time I moved from one continent to another, I had to get rid of half of my gaming collection so I'm no longer a collector either. I'm good with my PS4.
Cameron Teague

I still own a PlayStation, so there is really no need for me to buy this and honestly, I won't ever play it.
Jenni Lada

I have a PlayStation 2 and all my discs, so I am not going to bother with this.
Keri Honea

I never had the original PlayStation, so I'm definitely intrigued.
Paulmichael Contreras

I barely have enough time to play what I want on current systems, so I'll pass on this. But I'm sure it would be perfect for anyone who missed out on the original!
Uros Pavlovic

Uros Pavlovic

Wed, Sep 19, 10:45 AM (3 days ago)

to Jenni, Cameron, me, staff

Hm, yeah I dunno, 100 bucks seems a lot just to play FF VII and Tekken (and 18 other games). So, I'll pass. Also, I still have my Atari 2600, the upgraded edition from 1984. If I'm going for "classic," might as well play what I played when I was a little kid. Yep, I'm very old.
Anthony Severino

I'll buy it because I bought the NES and SNES Classics and it resulted in an interest in collecting these "Classic" consoles both to satiate my nostalgia cravings, but also to collect a highly influential piece of history in a compact form.

I'm not so interested in the games, though. What I've learned from the NES and SNES Classic is that some classic titles are better left in the past. Sometimes in revisiting them, flaws are amplified by how far the industry has progressed in the over two decades since the original PlayStation that started it all launched. Other times I realized the games were just not as 'good' or 'fun' as I recalled them, in part because my young imagination has turned into the busy, clouded mind of an adult.